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Boeing says China not accepting planes over US tariffs
Company won't 'wait too long' to send the jets to other customers.

How Air NZ navigated crises to finally unveil Dreamliner retrofit
Air NZ's 787 retrofits cost $35m each at S.T. Engineering in Singapore.

Qantas digs out the archives for 60 years of jets to New Zealand
Qantas marks a milestone from the early years of the Jet Age.

Watch: Crash at Australian airshow leaves pilot seriously injured
A witness says the entire crowd was stunned into silence.

Boeing 737 MAX crashes: US judge sets trial date
More than 340 people died in the crashes. Now a judge has ordered Boeing to trial.

The PM’s next jet? Dassault makes a pitch for its Falcon 8X
Jet and helicopter companies jockey for spotlight as huge airshow starts Downunder.

Bombshell development with last-ditch search for MH370 flight
There’s been a major announcement in the desperate search for the wreckage of MH370.

Watch: American Airlines plane catches fire at Denver airport
Passengers climbed on to the wing of the plane to escape the flames and smoke.

National flying championships: Could you drop a bag of sand from a plane and hit a target?
The competition is one of the few times pilots can legally drop objects from an aircraft.

Wings, wheels, and waves: Napier festival celebrates transport heritage
Some of the model jets sound like the real thing and can do 300km/h.

Goodbye Herk – RNZAF farewells the Hercules
Air Force retires the C-130H Hercules transport aircraft after 60 years in the air.

‘Terrifying’: Aircraft bursts into flames, 7 injured
The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Historic warbirds dazzle at Classic Flyers Aero Day event
Texan, Spitfire, and Mustang inspire crowds at Classic Flyers Aero Day.

Flags fly at half-mast as South Korea probes its worst plane crash
Investigators probe why the Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames.

Five tragic incidents of commercial planes being shot down
The Azerbaijan Airlines flight is not the first passenger plane to have been shot down.

‘Major breakthrough’: China unveils new futuristic fighter jets
Videos of the jets were trending on Friday.

Probe suggests Azerbaijan plane crashed due to ‘physical external interference’
Azerbaijan suspends flights to 10 Russian airports after the Kazakhstan crash kills 38.

Russian missile defences shot down plane in Kazakhstan, reports say
The crash killed 38 of the 67 people on board; survivors flown to Russia and Azerbaijan.

Plane crash images spark speculation it was ‘accidentally shot down’
Russian military bloggers suggest the plane could have been mistaken for Ukranian drone.

Auckland-bound Air NZ flight turns back due to mechanical fault
The flight was on its way to Auckland when it was forced to return to Christchurch.

Inside Air NZ’s newest plane
The Beta Technologies battery-powered plane will operate trial flights in NZ in 2025. It will then operate cargo flights. Video / Dean Purcell / BETA Technologies